Emmerdale’s Cathy Hope could be in for a huge DNA shock after bosses teased a never before done soap storyline.
It will see the youngster, played by Gabrielle Dowling, in her first major storyline since she was exposed as April Windsor’s bully.
Speaking to Daily Star, producer Jane Hudson said: “You’ll see a big story for Cathy, Bob’s daughter, with is very emotional.
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“It’s her first big story really and it’s a challenging one, and I think it’s one a lot of parents will connect with. It’s one I haven’t seen a soap do before. So Cathy’s got a big storyline coming up.”
Now fans think they know exactly what’s going on – and Cathy has been ‘switched at birth’.
Taking to Facebook to air their theories, one fan suggested: “I bet it turns out Cathy isn’t Bob’s daughter or Heath’s twin and there was a mix-up at the hospital.”
Someone else added: “There is actually a phenomenon where two twins can have different fathers. Because the whole swapped at birth thing has been done before, so perhaps Bob isn’t actually her real dad but he is Heath’s.”
As another fan agreed: “Ooh I like that idea. Can’t remember that being done before!”
“They’d be fraternal twins… so this could be possible if perhaps Viv cheated on Bob,” a fourth echoed.
It is possible for twins to have different fathers through the process of superfecundation – the fertilisation of two or more eggs from sperm from separate incidents of intercourse.
However, other fans weren’t buying the switched plot as one argued: “They were born in a car or van out in the Moors so not much chance of them getting mixed up with another set of twins!”
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Someone else posted: “I don’t think they would mix twins up would they? And they look so alike because they are twins in real life so if it’s that it will be a bit far fetched!”
Gabrielle and Sebastian Dowling have played twins Cathy and Heath since 2007 – though plenty of fans speculated Heathcliff had been ‘replaced’ after the actor underwent a huge transformation, looking totally different on screen.
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